Among engineers, NASA is still the cool place to work

The research company Universum recently asked 9,770 undergraduate engineering majors in the United States which employers they would most like to work for.

The research firm found that NASA is not only still No. 1 in terms of being the most listed employer, but its share of responses is growing, from one-in-six respondents in 2012 to nearly one-in-five this year.

Most attractive engineering jobs. (Universum, via Forbes)

According to the company, the rankings “reveal how attractive an employer is among students and indicates a company’s position in relation to other ideal employers in the recruitment market. ”

Despite the fact that it hasn’t flown humans beyond low-Earth in 40 years, and its seeing a declining share of the federal budget and there are serious questions about the stability of its future rocket programs, NASA remains incredibly popular with the general public.